Slidable support.



PATBNTED AUG. 11, 1903.

J. C. DA-HLQUIST. SLIDABLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 11, 1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,716, dated August11, 1903.

Application filed May 19, 1903. Serial No. 157,806. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J A003 0. DAHLQUIST, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Slidable Supports,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in slidable supports for cansandother recepta cles, its object being particularly to provide a supportwhich may be secured upon ashelf and which may be closed to hold thereceptacle in normal position upon the shelf or may be extended to carrythe receptacle outward beyond the shelf.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction andcombination hereinafter particularly described and claimed,

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is aperspective view of my invention shown supporting a can inconnection with a shelf. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the inventioncollapsed. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the same extended. Fig. atis a section on line no a; of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a section on line yy of Fig. 4.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a shelf,which may be a wall,cabinet, or other suitable shelf. Secured transversely of theshelf byscrews 3 is a pair of bars 2, preferably of bent sheet metal. Each ofsaid bars has its inner side i upwardly and inwardly bent and its outerside 5 upwardly and inwardly bent. Slidable within said bars is a pairof bars 6. The inner side of each of the bars 6 fits beneath theinwardly-turned side 4. of the corresponding bar2, the outer side 7 ofeach of the bars 6 being bent upwardly and inwardly, as shown in Fig. 5.Similarly slidablewithin the bars 6 are bars 8. In order to limit theoutward movement of the bars 8, I form each'of the bars 2 in its outerend with a bend 9, against which'is adapted to abut a bend 10, formed ineach of the bars 8. Similarly to limit the outward movement of the bars6, I form each of the bars 6 with a bend 11 in its outer end, againstwhich is adapted to abut a bend 12 in the corresponding bar 8. In orderto constitute means for holding the can B, I connect the outer ends ofthe bars 8 by an upwardly-extending cross-bar 13 and connect the rearends of said bar 8 by a similar cross-bar 14:. The cross-bar 14 isformed at each end with a forwardly-extending portion 15, and the bar 13is similarly formed at each end with a rearwardly-extending portion 16,to bear against the sides of the can, as shown in Fig. 1. In order toactuate the slides, I provide a handle 17, secured to the cross-bar 13.

As shown in the drawings, the bars are preferably made of sheet metaland telescope in order to take up the minimum amount of room upon theshelf. Ordinarily the bars will be collapsed, as shown in Fig. 2, tohold the can in. normal position upon the shelf. When it is desired touse the can, the parts are extended, as shown in Figs. 1 or 3, to carrythe can beyond the shelf. The bars 13 and 14 form supporting side wallsfor the can and hold it in position upon the slidable bars, while at thesame time permittingit to be easily lifted and removed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination witha shelf, a pair of bars secured transversely ofsaid shelf, two pairs of telescoping bars slidably supported upon saidfixed bars, and cross-bars connecting the ends of the upper pair of saidslidable bars.

2. In combination with a shelf, a pair of sheet-metal bars securedtransversely of said shelf, two pairs of telescoping bars slidablebetween the bent sides of said fixed bars, and means carried by one pairof said slidable bars for detachably supporting a receptacle.

3. In combination with a shelf, a pair of sheet-metal bars securedtransversely thereof and having their opposite sides upwardly andinwardly bent, two pairs of telescoping bars slidable between the bentsides of said fixed bars, one pair of said slidable harsheing connectedat its opposite ends by upwardly-extending cross-bars.

4. In combination with a shelf, a pair of p cross-bars securedtransversely thereof, two I In testimony whereof I affix my signaturepairs of bars slidably supported upon said in presence of two witnesses.

fixed bars correspondim bends in said bars" v limiting the outwardmozlement of said slidi JACOB DAHLQUISL 5 able bars, andupwardly-extending cross-bars Witnesses 5 connecting the ends of theupper pair of said H. S. JOHNSON, slidable bars. EMILY F. O'rrs.

